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Self-driving cars: Google and others map the road to automated vehicles

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Self-driving cars: Google and others map the road to automated vehicles Google and a number of automakers are spearheading the movement to get automated vehicles on America’s roads. Self-driving cars are street legal in three states, and Google’s fleet has collectively logged over 300,000 miles of time on the road. However, there are several obstacles in the path of widespread adoption, with legal and moral oppositi…

The Verge 917 2025-03-05

BYD cars now have an on-vehicle DJI drone launch platform

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BYD cars now have an on-vehicle DJI drone launch platform EV maker BYD unveiled “Lingyuan,” a vehicle-mounted drone launching system developed in collaboration with DJI that is available for all of the company’s vehicles, reports Chinese state media outlet Xinhua. The system is only available in China, like BYD’s vehicles, and costs 16,000 yuan (or about $2,197). BYD’s video below, reposted by YouTube …

The Verge 711 2025-03-05

Beck, Cavinder luxury cars stolen; man arrested

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Beck, Cavinder luxury cars stolen; man arrested The Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in the burglary and theft of luxury vehicles belonging to University of Miami athletes Carson Beck and his girlfriend, Hanna Cavinder.

ESPN 1.2k 2025-02-22

A Nifty Device Could One Day Turn Your Car’s Exhaust Into Electricity

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A Nifty Device Could One Day Turn Your Car’s Exhaust Into Electricity Gas-powered cars have been getting more and more efficient since they were first put to use more than 100 years ago. The most efficient engines out there can transfer 50 percent of the potential energy you put into the tank to the car’s wheels, with the remaining 50 percent lost as heat. That could change, though, as… Read more…

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These Are The Cheap Cars That Consumer Reports Actually Recommends Buying

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These Are The Cheap Cars That Consumer Reports Actually Recommends Buying It’s no secret that new cars are expensive these days even if you don’t need something fancy. Heck, if you aren’t careful, you could end up spending more than $40,000 on a Toyota RAV4. That said, there are still plenty of new cars available that cost a lot less. The problem is that the cheapest new cars have… Read more…

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Cheap Leases On Expensive Cars, Used Cars To Avoid And The Best American Vehicles In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

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Cheap Leases On Expensive Cars, Used Cars To Avoid And The Best American Vehicles In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup When you’re shopping for a used car, it can be hard to narrow down the list of vehicles you’re interested in looking at. Finding the exact car that’s right for you is even harder, especially since there’s no guarantee the car you want will even be available in your area. Plus, it doesn’t exactly help that even when… Read more…

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Small Cars, Fast Cars And The Cars With The Worst Drivers In This Week’s QOTD Roundup

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Small Cars, Fast Cars And The Cars With The Worst Drivers In This Week’s QOTD Roundup Supercars can go so much faster than they could ever legally go on an American public road for as long as there have been supercars, so what’s the point in continuing to raise the top speed? Do you really need to be able to go faster than 85 miles per hour at all, anyway? Earlier this week we asked our readers to tell… Read more…

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Ted Cruz Claims Researching Self-Driving Cars And Solar Eclipses Advance ‘Neo-Marxist Class Warfare Propaganda’

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Ted Cruz Claims Researching Self-Driving Cars And Solar Eclipses Advance ‘Neo-Marxist Class Warfare Propaganda’ There are plenty of completely valid reasons to be skeptical of self-driving cars. Safety concerns are very real, especially since even the most advanced robotaxi prototypes don’t always get it right in what should be simple situations, and that’s before you throw inclement weather into the equation. There are also… Read more…

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Cheap European Cars Are Ditching Infotainment Screens In Favor Of Phone Integration, And I Think Every Car Should

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Cheap European Cars Are Ditching Infotainment Screens In Favor Of Phone Integration, And I Think Every Car Should Automakers in the U.S. are struggling to find ways to meet increasing demands for cheaper cars as the long-term repercussions of Trumpian economic uncertainty continue to unfurl. Some automakers have shown an interest in de-contenting existing models in an effort to make them less expensive to produce and pass some of… Read more…

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These Are The Small Cars You Think Should Return In 2025

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These Are The Small Cars You Think Should Return In 2025 Over the last decade automakers have axed many of their smaller cars, opting to go for giant vehicles with expansive profit margins. Small cars may be set to make a return as automakers inflation makes us more broke than ever. So now, we just need to figure out what models need to come back. Read more…

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